Chair attaching towel clip

Abstract

A clip for securing a towel to a chair. The inventive device includes a mounting assembly for securing to a lounge chair. An engaging assembly projects from the mounting assembly for coupling to a beach towel to secure the towel relative to the lounge chair.

What is claimed as being new and desired to be protected by LETTERS PATENT of the United States is as follows: 
     
       1. A chair attaching towel clip, chair and towel combination, said towel clip having a mounting means secured to a frame portion of the chair and an engaging means coupled thereto engaging the towel thereby securing the towel relative to the chair wherein said mounting means comprises a semi-annular member extending from said engaging means through an arc of greater than one hundred and eighty degrees, the semi-annular member terminating in a free distal end, said semi-annular member tapering from a first thickness proximal to the juncture of the mounting means and the engaging means to a second thickness at said free distal end, said second thickness being substantially less than the first thickness whereby the free distal end will resiliently flex relative to a major portion of the semi-annular member to permit positioning about a frame portion of the chair and wherein the subsequent contraction of the free distal end will cause the semi-annular member to be frictionally engaged with with the chair frame, the engaging means comprising an elongated first clamp arm shaped so as to define a semi-circular recess therein and having a first end being fixedly secured to said semi-annular member; a second elongated clamp arm having a semi-circular recess therein complementary to and opposing said recess in said first clamp arm, said second clamp arm being pivotally secured to said first clamp arm; and a torsion spring including a center coil which resides within and between said complementary and opposing semi-circular recesses and which has a pair of oppositely projecting spring arms extending from the center coil, the spring arms each engaging an individual one of the clamp arms so as to bias said clamp arms toward each other with the distal free end of the mounting means facing the torsion spring; an opening of said semi-annular member opening toward said second clamp arm and said free distal end of said semi-annular member being spaced laterally from a first end of said second clamp arm and each of said clamp arms having a means attaching the towel thereto.